Final Weekend TV Ratings
Both NASCAR and IndyCar were up slightly this week Network Event Location 2019 TotalViewers 2019 18-49Viewers 2019TV Rating 2018TV Rating % Chg. NBCSN NASCAR Cup Race L Bristol 2,503,000 482,000 … Read More
Category: Stock Car Racing
Dale Earnhardt Jr. thanks all who have lifted us up
Dale Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. issued his first public comments Monday since he and his family survived a plane crash last Thursday afternoon at Elizabethton (Tennessee) Municipal Airport. Earnhardt offered … Read More
NASCAR Bristol TV Rating
Bristol action NBCSN earned a 1.45 overnight for Saturday night's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Bristol, up 7% from a 1.36 for last year's race. However, it is … Read More
An emotional Matt DiBenedetto interview after Bristol
A very emotional interview from @mattdracing. After the news hit earlier this week that he was losing his ride at Leavine Family Racing, he posts a runner-up finish at @BMSUpdates. … Read More
Denny Hamlin beats Matt DiBenedetto for Bristol win
Denny Hamlin, holding daughter Molly, celebrates in Victory Lane at Bristol Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images The first thing Denny Hamlin did after winning Saturday's Bass Pro Shops NRA Night race at … Read More
Collapsed landing gear caused Dale Jr. plane crash
Earnhardt Jr's burned plane Collapsed landing gear caused the plane carrying Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family to this weekend’s NASCAR weekend in Bristol to crash off the runway before … Read More
NBC Sports Won’t Replace Dale Jr. In Booth For Bristol Night Race
Earnhardt recovering from bumps and bruises NBC Sports will not replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the booth for Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race after the former driver … Read More
Tyler Reddick rallies from worst to first to win at Bristol
Tyler Reddick takes the checkered flag to win the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Sean Gardner/Getty Images Tyler Reddick's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet had the word … Read More
Denny Hamlin beats out Kyle Larson for Bristol Pole
Denny Hamlin wins the pole at Bristol Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson played a late game of King of the Mountain in Friday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup … Read More
Video shows how close Dale Jr. was to dying
Dale Jr.’s plane is on fire and close to being fully engulfed before someone gets the door open in time for everyone on board to safely escape. Another minute and … Read More
Updated Statement from Kelley Earnhardt Miller
Dale Jr. – lucky to be alive Below is an updated statement from Kelley Earnhardt Miller, general manager of JR Motorsports, regarding Thursday’s plane crash involving Dale Earnhardt Jr., his … Read More
Bayley Currey fails drug test, suspended by NASCAR
Bayley Currey Driver Bayley Currey has been suspended definitely because of a failed drug test that was administered last week at Michigan International Speedway, the sanctioning body announced on Thursday. … Read More
Video: Earnhardt Jr. plane burns to crisp
See Dale Jr. being treated by medics on the ground while his plane burns. He and his family are very lucky to have survived. Most don't. Earnhardt Jr., his wife, … Read More
NASCAR cars getting big wheels in 2021
F1 is switching to 18-inch wheels too Goodyear’s director of race tire sales, Gregg Stucker, confirmed with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Thursday that the cars will be switching from 15-inch … Read More
Brett Moffitt Advances With Bristol Truck Series Victory
Brett Moffitt wins at Bristol Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Top-seeded Brett Moffitt held off determined 17-year-old Chandler Smith after a restart with three laps left and took home the trophy … Read More
Dale Jr. survives fiery plane crash
Remains from plane Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy and their child were on a plane that crashed in Tennessee on Thursday afternoon, according to Mike Davis, with JR Motorsports. … Read More
DiBenedetto not returning to LFR in 2020 (Update)
Christopher Bell expected to move up to Cup in 2020 UPDATE Word on the street is that Christopher Bell is in line to replace Matt DiBenedetto in the #95 Levine … Read More
David Ragan announces no more full-time driving
David Ragan David Ragan and Front Row Motorsports announced today that Ragan will step away from full-time NASCAR competition after this season. Ragan will continue to race on a part-time … Read More
Clint Bowyer to re-sign with SHR
.@ClintBowyer still has a solid chance of returning to @StewartHaasRcng's No. 14 Ford next year, per sources, though no extension has been reached yet. âž- Veteran drivers have faced paycuts … Read More
Erik Jones to re-sign with Joe Gibbs Racing
.@Erik_Jones is expected to be back in @JoeGibbsRacing's No. 20 Toyota next year, his attorney Alan Miller said tonight — signaling a renewal is close. âž- That would set up … Read More
NASCAR Michigan TV Rating (Update)
Byron gets service UPDATE Sunday's Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway earned a 'final' 1.79 Nielsen rating on NBCSN, with 2.897 million viewers tuned in, up 11.9% from a … Read More
Is it time for Jimmie Johnson to retire?
Johnson was great in his day, but as it is with Valentino Rossi in MotoGP, it's time. It appears Jimmie Johnson has hit that age where your reflexes slow and … Read More
Harvick saves fuel to win in Michigan
Kevin Harvick celebrates Recovering from a punctured right front tire that cost him track position early in the race, Kevin Harvick passed Joey Logano on Lap 183 of 200 and … Read More
Austin Cindric wins second-straight Xfinity Series race
Austin Cindric wins his second straight Xfinity Series race with a victory at Mid Ohio Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Austin Cindric claimed his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in as many … Read More